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Richard Nixon: “We will reduce crime and violence when we enforce our laws—when we make it less profitable, and a lot more risky, to…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 1968
We will reduce crime and violence when we enforce our laws—when we make it less profitable, and a lot more risky, to break our laws.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks on the Mutual Broadcasting System: Order and Justice Under Law

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